you're listening to the feel-good effect. Do you ever feel like maybe you're a little hard on

yourself? Like maybe you're behind or somehow falling short or not getting everything done or

just maybe not measuring up in the way that you'd hoped and that constant cycle of being so hard

on yourself is kind of maybe sucking the joy out of life

or preventing you from experiencing all the goodness that is in your life right now. Well,

if that's you, let me tell you, you're not alone. This is such a common challenge for people.

And today, I'm going to tell you

exactly how to stop being so hard on yourself and to rewire your brain to feel good now.

Let's make it happen.

Radically simple and ridiculously doable, the feelgood effect will help you redefine wellness on your

terms. Hi, I'm your host, Robin Conley Downs, and I believe that wellness isn't about achieving

another set of impossible standards, but instead finding what works for you. Drawing from

cutting-edge science on mindfulness, habit, and behavior change,

this podcast offers a collection of small mindset shifts that allow for more calm,

clarity, and joy in everyday life and allows you to embrace the idea that gentle is the new perfect.

I invite you to listen in as we cut through the clutter and find

the small shifts that create huge changes in your life, thus striving, more ease. It's time to feel

good. Well, hey, feel good fam. I am so glad you're here for this conversation about how to stop being so hard on yourself and to rewire your brain to feel good now.

More calm, clarity, and joy in every day.

So first, I want to start with a little story about my own experience and journey with being hard on myself. And in fact, if I look back on

my life all the way from when I was a teenager, through college, through grad school, through

parenting, through my relationships, I see just how hard I've been on myself, how I expect

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